Dynamic potential vorticity initialization and the diagnosis of mesoscale motion

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2761-2773

  Viúdez, Álvaro ^a   Dritschel, David G ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EDDY CURRENTS; GRAVITATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

GEOSTROPHIC VELOCITY FIELDS; INERTIA-GRAVITY WAVES; MESOSCALE OCEANIC FLOWS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY INITIALIZATION (PVI);

OCEAN CURRENTS;

MESOSCALE MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

EID: 12144251287     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2648.1     Document Type: Article

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